Masking My Autism Made Me Sick
The rules dictated that I hide not only my sensitivity but my essential being in the world
The rules dictated that I hide not only my sensitivity but my essential being in the world
In “Let the Poets Govern,” Camonghne Felix considers fugitivity, political responsibility, and poetic form as a blueprint for resistance
“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo
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SupportJordy Rosenberg’s “Night Night Fawn” is a Marxist, trans, hysterical accounting of a terminally ill Jewish mother unrepentantly looking back on her life
Fennell’s film is not a faithful adaptation; it’s a testament to the contagiousness of the energy and pleasure in Brontë’s writing
Kelsey L. Smoot’s debut poetry collection “SOULMATE AS A VERB” asks what it looks like to insist upon love as a deliberate choice
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“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo
“Please Accept This Token of Thanks” by Christine Vines, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Two poems by Rosebud Ben-Oni